Naveen Agarwal

Naveen is a serial entrepreneur and an accomplished C-suite executive with deep operating experience in large global public companies. As CEO of NavDots he spends his time advising corporate boards, CEOs and CxOs on scaling up businesses, organic and inorganic growth investments, capital raise, go to market, and productivity/efficiency initiatives. He lives at the intersection of business, technology, product management, and marketing. He is also a frequent speaker on GenAI, FinTech, InsureTech, and scalable growth driven by digital and data.

Prior to NavDots, Naveen was Chief Customer Officer at Prudential Financial and led company’s digital transformation and was responsible for end-to-end customer experience, digital technology, data sciences/AI, and marketing.

He also served on Prudential’s US Operating and Management Committees. Before Prudential, Naveen was President of E*TRADE Capital Management; CEO/Board Director at Pricelock, a Goldman Sachs funded marketplace startup for large physical energy transactions; led global product management for SunGard’s risk management and derivatives pricing software business; and held senior roles in several SaaS/software companies.

Naveen serves on the board of Ascension, one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems with 125+ hospitals, serving communities in 19+ states. He is a Senior Advisor at BCG; is on CNBC Councils Advisory Board & Tech Executive Council; advises various VC/PE funds on their investments and deal diligence; is on board of 2021.ai, a startup out of Copenhagen, Denmark; is a Senior Advisor to AI4All; is a Fellow at Creative Destruction Lab; and has served as an independent board member and chair of audit committee for Leo Holdings (NYSE: LHC).

Naveen holds an MBA from Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India.